Sunday, MAY 21, 23// Berlin
The Nostalgic Eye
NORA NOVAK
“As a result of the former Yugoslav Wars, in particular the Croatian War of Independence that lasted from 1991 to 1995, my parents fled the country, when I was three years old.
A couple of years ago I began thinking about producing a documentary series to capture the life of the people in my mother’s village Prapratnica. I wanted to create these memories in order to be able to look back on them, before they completely vanish.
My main idea and concept shifted suddenly when my mother got very ill. She passed away in 2017 and I felt the need to dedicate this project to her, to experience this village through her eyes and to reflect on her past and the present me."
A couple of years ago I began thinking about producing a documentary series to capture the life of the people in my mother’s village Prapratnica. I wanted to create these memories in order to be able to look back on them, before they completely vanish.
My main idea and concept shifted suddenly when my mother got very ill. She passed away in 2017 and I felt the need to dedicate this project to her, to experience this village through her eyes and to reflect on her past and the present me."
Nora revisits her home country and culture frequently, in order to create sustaining roots in her present life and identity. Through her photography, she seeks to find a beginning of her family’s story, an open window, the way back home. Through the perspective of an outsider with a nostalgic eye, she engages with the past and the present, creating a visible thread that becomes her biography.
Nora shared with us her personal journey, autobiographical, and in a sense a ‘self-portrait’. Finding identity and heritage, belonging is something we can all related to.
Nora shared with us her personal journey, autobiographical, and in a sense a ‘self-portrait’. Finding identity and heritage, belonging is something we can all related to.
Wild herb mini workshop with Inés Lauber
Inés studied production design in Potsdam. She has been working in the culinary and creative field since 2011 and designed and conceptualized numerous installations, thematic pop-up restaurants, exhibitions and guerilla performances around the topic of food and food production. With her interdisciplinary approach, her creative thinking, and her extensive network in the field, she brought most valuable experience to this experience.
DINNER
Croatian flavors meet wild herbs of the season
Chef: Kit Schulte
It took me while to figure out the menu. But I foraged all the herbs in the Prignitz, a beautiful country side in Brandenburg, between Berlin and Hamburg.
May punch, with woodruff and herbs from the Prignitz region
Fried nettle leaves in beer batter
Sage leaves fried in olive oil
OXYMEL, wild herb juice, honey, apple cider vinegar, mineral water, lemon
Salad with wild herbs: goutweed, fennel, groundsel, chervil, ribwort, sorrel, dandelion, white deadnettle, tellweed
Black and melon radish, dandelion roots fried in butter and syrup, strawberries
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White bean stew with Ayjar (Vegan)
Mussels, eggplant, hot peppers, garlic, bread, oregano, thyme, rosemary, white wine
Squid, garlic, potatoes, peppers, dandelion buds capers
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Roko sheep cheese from Dalmatia, black walnuts, paprika confectionery
Pancakes, Sorrel parfait, vanilla, dandelion flower syrup
May punch, with woodruff and herbs from the Prignitz region
Fried nettle leaves in beer batter
Sage leaves fried in olive oil
OXYMEL, wild herb juice, honey, apple cider vinegar, mineral water, lemon
Salad with wild herbs: goutweed, fennel, groundsel, chervil, ribwort, sorrel, dandelion, white deadnettle, tellweed
Black and melon radish, dandelion roots fried in butter and syrup, strawberries
_________
White bean stew with Ayjar (Vegan)
Mussels, eggplant, hot peppers, garlic, bread, oregano, thyme, rosemary, white wine
Squid, garlic, potatoes, peppers, dandelion buds capers
_________
Roko sheep cheese from Dalmatia, black walnuts, paprika confectionery
Pancakes, Sorrel parfait, vanilla, dandelion flower syrup
